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Thief makes off with man's gifts

Posted: Sunday, December 26, 2010

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A thief stole $6,000 in Christmas presents from Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy when he broke into a storage unit on Old Jefferson Road sometime between Monday and Christmas Eve, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

The 50-year-old man who owned the shed called to report the robbery, police said. The shed's owner had checked on the gifts a few days before and hadn't noticed anything missing.

The thief also snatched a $320 flat screen television and $2,000 in tools from the shed.